Old Glory II

Designed by:  Sara Morgan

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The phrase “Old Glory” was actually coined in 1891. Captain William Driver, a shipmaster from Massachussetts, embarked on one of his many voyages aboard the Charles Doggert brig and was presented with a beautiful flag of 24 stars. As the banner proudly swayed in the ocean breeze, he exclaimed, “Old Glory!”.

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual arrangements of the stars and odd proportions, since these features were up to the discretion of the flag maker. In general, however, straight rows of stars and proportions similar to those later adopted officially were used.

The following Acts shaped the characteristics of the flag we fly today:

  • June 14, 1777, in order to establish an official flag for the new nation, the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act that the flag should be 13 alternating white and red stripes and the union be 13 white stars on a blue field, representing a new Constellation.
  • Act of January 13, 1794 - provided for 15 stripes and 15 stars after May 1795.
  • Act of April 4, 1818 - provided for 13 stripes and one star for each state, to be added to the flag on the 4th of July following the admission of each new state, signed by President Monroe.
  • Executive Order of President Taft, June 24, 1912 - established proportions of the flag and provided for arrangement of the stars in six horizontal rows of eight each, a single point of each star to be upward.
  • Executive Order of President Eisenhower, January 3, 1959, provided for the arrangement of the stars in seven rows of seven stars each, staggered.
  • Executive Order of President Eisenhower, August 21, 1959, provided for the arrangement of the stars in nine rows of stars staggered horizontally and eleven rows of stars staggered vertically

SKUs:

7623-1, 7623-2_Panel, 7624-1, 7624-2, 7624-8, 7625-1, 7625-2, 7625-3, 7626-1, 7626-2, 7626-8, 7627-1, 7627-2, 7627-8, 7628-2, 7628-3, 7628-8, 7629-1, 7629-2, 7629-3, 7630-1, 7630-2, 7630-8, 7631-1, 7631-2, 7631-3

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